Rapper 50 Cent raised eyebrows with a social media post about meeting far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Wednesday.
“Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican making the white house look good,” the entertainer captioned a photo of them together on X, formerly Twitter.
But the “In Da Club” rapper was actually at the Capitol, where he met lawmakers from both sides of the aisle — and posed for photos with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and others— to advocate for more Black representation in the liquor industry.
Some people on social media mocked the location error.
Scripps News congressional correspondent Nathaniel Reed likened the gaffe to “summer tourists who think the U.S. Capitol is the White House.”
Associated Press congressional reporter Farnoush Amiri said it was like her mom “not knowing where I work.”
Others, however, brought up that Boebert controversy at a “Beetlejuice” performance last year.
The rapper, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, responded to those comments on X by saying: “Wait, wait, guys i took pictures with everyone and all you seem to care about is Lauren. What did she do in a dark theater that hasn’t been done, my God!”
Boebert, meanwhile, captioned a photo of the pair: “I’d still love you if you flipped burgers at Burger King. @50Cent, I used to do that myself! Thanks for the photo, great to meet you!”
During his visit to Capitol Hill, 50 Cent said he hadn’t decided who he will vote for in the 2024 election. He has previously claimed to have been offered $500,000 to campaign for Donald Trump in the 2016 election but turned it down because it wasn’t “good money.”